Thursday, September 27, 2007

Why, Fox? Why?

I love Amazon. Somehow, it always knows exactly what impulse-purchase item to show me that I just have to buy. Case in point: the Kitchen Confidential DVD set.

Kitchen Confidential, based on the Anthony Bourdain book of the same name, aired on Fox in 2005. Now me and Fox, we have a bad track record. They go and air greatshows, then cut them down before any has even had a chance to realize they're on TV. Good job, Fox!

So before this becomes a rant about television programming in general, I just want to urge everyone to watch Kitchen Confidential on DVD. If you've read the book, you'll recognize a lot of the points that Bourdain talks about - a chef's ability to tolerate pain, the crazy baker that no one understands, the front of the house/back of the house split, just how far a restaurant will go to get the best ingredients, etc. If you haven't read it, the show will still be hilarious.